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Via Pablo Halkyard, who many will recognize as a co-founder of PSD Blog. He's now up at NYU doing a master's degree. In any case, Pablo sent me an e-mail regarding the following event...if you're in NYC, check it out:

The Microfinance Club of New York in cooperation with The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office New York presents:

Beyond microfinance: Micro venture capital for small business entrepreneurs

Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 6:00 pm
Speaker: Ben Powell, Agora Partnerships
Reception: Following the Q and A

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York - 1 East 42nd Street

Keynote Speaker:
Ben Powell, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Agora Partnerships
www.agorapartnerships.org

With brief remarks by the Representative of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York

MF Club Members: Free
Non-Members: $10